Two men who have dedicated their lives to military service, to defending and protecting our country, found themselves on Capitol Hill today testifying. They found themselves there largely due to the actions of a defense secretary who during his 10-month tenure as Secretary of Defense has done little more than seemingly try to embarrass the men and women of the military. Navy Admiral Frank Bradley and Joint Chief's Chairman Dan Kaine were on the Hill today briefing Congress about that deadly double tap boat ...

So, big question here in DC and around the country. Did the United States commit a war crime. Let's get up to speed here.In September, the US struck an alleged Venezuelan drug boat. This was the first of many attacks against what the White House says are drug carrying boats that pose a massive threat to folks in the United States. And it's worth noting the White House hasn't provided evidence of those allegations.Now, jump to last Friday when the Washington Post reported that there was a second strike on th ...

joining us, constitutional law professor and Yale Law School, uh at Yale Law School, Jed Rubenfeld. Uh Jed, really good to have you. Um let's talk first, >> let's talk first about the the second strike before we get into the broader operation.Um the Secretary of Defense says nothing. there was no wrongdoing here, that this was well within the commander's authority to do in his judgment, and he needs to be able to make those judgment calls because these are, in his words, naroterrorists who are coming in to ...

First, Professor Mau, which one is it? You have Senator Schumer suggesting that they should just release the tape so folks can see for themselves what happened. Um, there are a lot of firsthand witnesses who could stand before a Senate or House committee and give testimony. What is it actually going to require to understand what is true here? >> That's a great question. I concur 100% with the general uh who said uh we need the facts. You have to have an investigation into something like this. For me, this i ...

Well, on that note, David, top Republicans in the Senate supporting now an investigation into those strikes. Here's what the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Roger Wicker, and Senate Majority Leader John Thun, said yesterday. >> Were there survivors who were killed in that second attack.>> I don't have that information. >> Do you worry. >> But, but I do I do uh think we'll get that information and we're certainly going to um we're going to have available to us uh all of the audio and all of the ...

We are now 336 days away from the midterms. Congress is planning to investigate the administration's boat strike in the Caribbean in early September and some lawmakers have suggested it may be a war crime. According to the Post, quote, "Defense Secretary Pete Hgsth gave a spoken directive according to two people with direct knowledge of the operation. The order was to kill everyone," one of them said, unquote.Then when it became clear that two people survived, quote, the special operations commander oversee ...

Allegations of War Crimes - The report focuses on allegations that the Trump administration ordered and executed a second strike on survivors of an initial attack on a boat suspected of smuggling drugs, potentially constituting a war crime [1][2][3][5] - Legal experts, including former JAGs and the former head of the Office of Legal Counsel, suggest the actions, if accurate, violate international law and the Department of Defense's own manual, specifically regarding the treatment of shipwrecked individuals [11][14][15] - The alleged orders to "kill everybody" and the subsequent strike on survivors are considered by some to be a violation of the law of war, potentially leading to charges of murder or war crimes [2][3][11][13] Congressional and Public Reaction - Lawmakers from both Republican and Democratic parties are demanding answers and conducting oversight into the US military operation in the Caribbean [1][6][7][9] - Key figures on the Senate and House Armed Services Committees have vowed to investigate the allegations, highlighting the bipartisan concern over the reported events [6][7][9] - The report mentions that if the reporting is accurate, the actions taken are in violation of the Department of Defense's own manual, which prohibits the killing of shipwrecked enemies and constitutes a war crime [15] Context and Potential Misidentification - There are claims that Coast Guard interdictions of suspected drug running boats are incorrect at least 25% of the time [21] - The report raises the possibility that individuals on the boat may have been coerced into participating by drug cartels, suggesting they may not have been willing combatants [22] - A conservative commentator argues that attacking suspected drug boats is lawless and that individuals on board are not necessarily enemy combatants, even if they are criminals [17][18]

60 Minutes overtime. >> Has Russia just completely abandoned the loss of war. >> It feels that way.Operations seem to be launched with the goal of maximizing the civilian harm rather than minimizing the civilian harm, which is what the laws of war demand. >> Why would that be. I think it's an effort to ultimately win the war by virtue of wearing down the Ukrainian people whose resoluteness has been remarkable in the face of these attacks.>> This week on 60 Minutes, we take a look at Russia's ongoing war in ...

Around the world, the laws of war are being broken and the system for upholding them is not working. Yet that is no excuse for what Israel is doing in Gaza https://t.co/oHtxweheYh ...

War and International Law - Modern wars challenge the fundamental principle of distinguishing between civilians and soldiers under the laws of war [1] - The initial laws of war were primarily designed for conflicts between states [1]